Cachet Category Jet Mail

Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to covers with add-on cachets as well.

 

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Back Image	Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Catagory

 

			1950-08-30 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3g USS Valley Forge CV-45
			JET MAIL Flown in action over Korea in a F-9F PANTHER by Cmdr. Harvey P. Lanham, USN

Note: Actual flight date was 26 August 1950.

 

			1950-10-01 Locy Type 2(n+) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. V-3g USS Valley Forge CV-45
			JET MAIL Flown in action over Korea in a F-9F PANTHER by Cmdr. Harvey P. Lanham, USN

Note: Actual flight date was 28 September 1950.

 

			1950-10-01 Locy Type 2t(nu) ("CV") USS Philippine Sea CV-47
			JET MAIL Flown in action over North Korea in a F-9F PANTHER from the USS Valley Forge CV-45 then flown to the USS Philippine Sea CV-47 by helicopter. /s/ John E. Tyson RAdm USN (?)

Note: Actual flight date was 19 December 1950.

 

			1951-09-13 Australian Army Post CDS
			JET MAIL Flown in action over Korea in a METEOR 8 Jet Fighter Plane by Victor B. Connor (sp?) from the RAAF Fighter Interceptor Sqdn.77

Note: Actual flight date was 10 September 1951.

 

		N/A	1953-09-01 US Army Postal Service Machine Cancel APO 90
			JET MAIL Flown in action over Korea in a F-86 Jet Fighter Plane by LtCol Crutchfie (sp?)

Note: Actual flight date was 28 August 1953.

 

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